As a pianist, Rosenthal was unparalleled: his legato touch came from
Chopin through his pupil Mikuli; his awareness of composition was
developed by Liszt; his Brahms interpretation shaped by the composer
himself; and his ingeniously crafted piano-paraphrases memorialized his
friendship with Johann Strauss II. Yet Rosenthal’s pianistic abilities
were married to a rare intellectual erudition—a knowledge of literature,
history, philology, science, philosophy, and society that few pianists
have ever matched, let alone surpassed.
2005 | Pages: 184 | PDF | 3.24 MB
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